EXECUTIVE SESSION to VOTE on Nominations and a hearing entitled "Implications of the ‘Volcker Rules’ for Financial Stability"

The Committee will meet in EXECUTIVE SESSION to VOTE on the following nominations: Mr. Kevin Wolf, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration; Mr. Suresh Kumar, of New Jersey, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Director General of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service; Mr. David W. Mills, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Enforcement; Mr. Douglas A. Criscitello, of Virginia, to be Chief Financial Officer, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; Mr. Theodore W. Tozer, of Ohio, to be President, Government National Mortgage Association; Mr. Orlan Johnson, of Maryland, to be a Director of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation; and Ms. Sharon Y. Bowen, of New York, to be a Director of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation. Immediately following the vote on nominations, the Committee will meet in OPEN SESSION to conduct a hearing entitled “Implications of the ‘Volcker Rules’ for Financial Stability”. The witnesses will be: Mr. Gerald Corrigan, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs; Professor Simon Johnson, Ronald A. Kurtz Professor of Entrepreneurship, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Mr. John Reed, Retired Chairman, Citigroup; Professor Hal Scott, Nomura Professor of International Financial Systems, Harvard Law School; and Mr. Barry Zubrow, Executive Vice President, Chief Risk Officer, JPMorgan Chase. Additional witnesses will be announced at a later date.

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